Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 19-year-old William Edward Hickman, who kidnapped and murdered 12-year-old Marion Parker. Photograph appears with the headline, "Hickman Jury Returns Sanity Verdict in Thirty-six Minutes on First Ballot Taker," Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb 1928: 2. William Edward Hickman stands alone in an empty brick room. Another man can be seen in the doorway behind him. Hickman has his hands in his pockets and smiles with his eyes closed. Handwritten on negative: Wm Ed Hickman Text from negative sleeve: HICKMAN, WILLIAM EDWARD Text from newspaper caption: "Guilty" on Their First Ballot The jury which found Hickman sane: Front row (left to right)-Arlo E. Ruckett, Robert L. Bowman, Mrs. Virginia L. Roess, Mrs. Emily Lindrum, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Bullis, Elias Kahn. Rear row (left to right) -Mrs. Sarah A. Roach, Harry H. Wood, Howard Atkinson, Howard Skerves, J. A. Ruggles (foreman,) Edwin Venables. Below - The forced smile which the mutilator displayed for photographers after being returned to the County Jail from the courtroom.
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9464 ark:/21198/zz002dhj6m
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No linguistic content
Subject
Criminals--California--Los Angeles Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
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